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N.B.C. Nov. 23
Washington, D.C.
I have a very serious purpose in speaking to you tonight.
It is simply to ask of you, with all the conviction of which I am
capable, to give serious and solemn thought, as citizens of this
republic. to the policies which your government and my government is
currently following in its relations with other nations. During
the forty years of my life I, like you, have enjoyed the opportunity
for the good life afforded to us "by this country. You and I, as
citizens of this Republic have more to lose by a breakdown of
civilization,than any other people on earth. I like many of you,
have two children, 6 and 9 years old. I would like, as I am sure
you would like, to see our children grow up in a world in which they
too might have an opportunity for a decent home, with friends and
a family of their own. I do not want to have them blown to bits
by an atomic bomb, nor do I want them tortured and exterminated in
slave labor camps by a new dictator. Surely it is not asking too
much that all of us who have been spared the real suffering in this
war, should now devote our most serious thoughts to the prevention
of these fantastic horrors for our children.
I am asking that you give your best attention to our
foreign affairs, because I know that you want a decent world for
your children,as much as I do, I am asking it because I have come
to the conclusion that our government has lost its bearings, that
it is drifting about in a fog of indecision and I believe that the
best hope for a wise solution lies in the wisdom and common sense
of the people of this country. You, the citizens of these United
States, are the only power that can give to your government the

N.B.C. Nov. 23
Washington, D.C.
I have a very serious purpose in speaking to you tonight.
It is simply to ask of you, with all the conviction of which I am
capable, to give serious and solemn thought, as citizens of this
republic. to the policies which your government and my government is
currently following in its relations with other nations. During
the forty years of my life I, like you, have enjoyed the opportunity
for the good life afforded to us "by this country. You and I, as
citizens of this Republic have more to lose by a breakdown of
civilization,than any other people on earth. I like many of you,
have two children, 6 and 9 years old. I would like, as I am sure
you would like, to see our children grow up in a world in which they
too might have an opportunity for a decent home, with friends and
a family of their own. I do not want to have them blown to bits
by an atomic bomb, nor do I want them tortured and exterminated in
slave labor camps by a new dictator. Surely it is not asking too
much that all of us who have been spared the real suffering in this
war, should now devote our most serious thoughts to the prevention
of these fantastic horrors for our children.
I am asking that you give your best attention to our
foreign affairs, because I know that you want a decent world for
your children,as much as I do, I am asking it because I have come
to the conclusion that our government has lost its bearings, that
it is drifting about in a fog of indecision and I believe that the
best hope for a wise solution lies in the wisdom and common sense
of the people of this country. You, the citizens of these United
States, are the only power that can give to your government the